When I look back on 2013 I’m a bit stunned by the amount of work I and my compatriots, Robert Runte and Jeff Minkevics, have accomplished. We’ve managed to put out a book a month in the past year. There were a few moments I thought I’d broken both Robert and Jeff. In fact, I was certain of it with Jeff toward the end of the year. But bless their wee cotton socks, they hung…
After much discussion, we’ve decided to have an annual period during which we will accept submissions; that is, February 1 to 14 in any given year. Please refer to our Guidelines for further details.
Five Rivers’ editor, Robert Runte, recently posted the following very cogent article on his blog at SFeditor.ca. We’re reprinting it here with his permission. Reading a “review” of Five River’s new Dave Duncan release on Amazon, I was taken aback by someone rating the book was one star because it was priced at $4 for a novella. The reviewer made it clear that he hadn’t actually read the book, but was merely incensed at the price.Leaving aside…
When J.W. Schnarr presented us with a second collection of short horror stories we were more than intrigued, given his dark, eyes-wide-open collection Things Falling Apart, which we published in 2012. This collection, A Quiet Place, marks a distinct development in Schnarr’s very aggressive style, yet demonstrates a growing subtlety into the psychological over the physical. We journey with him through the hazardous discovery of adolescent female sexuality, the imperatives of affordable labour, watch myth become…
Part of our mandate here at Five Rivers is to discover and showcase new and rising Canadian talent. Last year D.R. Laderoute presented us with a wonderful Canadian story aimed at the YA audience. We loved the story, and the writing, so much we acquired the manuscript, and are now pleased to present you with Out of Time. The story follows the adventures of two boys. For Riley Corbeau, moving to a small town on…